Shoe



March 27, 1934. 5 STEFAN 1,952,587

SHOE

Filed March 17, 1932 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 27, 1934 SHOEAlfred De Stefan, Binghamton, N. Y., assignor to Louis Smoller, Bronx,N. Y.

Application March 17, 1932, Serial No. 599,376

7 Claims.

My present invention relates generally to shoes, and more particularlyto a novel manner of assembling the shoe parts and to a shoe soproduced.

I have illustrated my invention as embodied in the shoe known as thestitched down shoe, and in which there is employed an inner-sole, amid-sole and an outer-sole and a false welt all .assembled with thelining and the upper of a shoe. It will be understood, however, that theinclusion of any or all of these parts is necessitated by my inventiononly when called for by the language of the claims.

It is a general object of my invention to provide an arrangement for theassembly of the shoe parts which enables the production of a shoe morequickly and more economically than hitherto, and does not requireskilled labor of the type hitherto employed, and also to the productionof a new shoe by the employment of this process.

For the attainment of these objects, and such other objects as mayhereinafter appear or be pointed out, I have illustrated one embodimentof my invention in the drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a cross section through the front part of a shoe, made inaccordance with my process;

Figure 2 is a cross-section of the upper and the lining assembly beforeits association with the other parts; v

Figure 3 is a cross-section of the inner and mid-sole assembly, beforeits association with the other parts;

Figure 4 is a cross section through'the toe portion or" the shoeillustrating the step in the process of associating the assemblies ofFigures 2 and 3;

Figure 5 is a cross section similar to Figure 4 showing a further stepwhereby, the outer-sole is associated with the assembly of Figure 4; and

Figure 6 is a cross-section similar to Figure 4, but showing thefinished shoe as it appears after the performance of the final step. NFigures 2, 3, 4 and 5 are illustrative of steps -in the assembly of theshoe, and it will be understood that, as to the disclosure of thesesteps, they do not necessarily represent all the steps that may benecessary for the completion of the shoe, nor does their order as givenherein repre- *sent the order in which the steps are or must beperformed, nor is it intended to limit the process either to theinclusion of all of these steps or to the order disclosed, unless calledfor specifically by the language of the claims.

The assembly of Figure 2 is of the upper 10 and the lining 11. It willbe understood that as to this illustration and as to the illustration inthe other figures, that they are more or less assembly, the binder 1'7need be appliedsuficiently only to cause the members 15 and 16 to adhereto each other for convenience of manufacturing, and also for fixing theassociation the parts for wearing purposes.

Figure 4 is intended to represent my manner of associating theassemblies of Figures 2 and 3, and this I accomplish by bringing downthe terminal side portions 11' and 11 of the lining member 11 into theassociated relation to the assem bly of Figure 3, such .as shown inthis'Figure 4."

These'side terminal portions of the lining member are brought down moreor less into lateral association with the inner-sole member 15 and thenbent into parallel association with the top surface of the side terminalportions of the midsole -16 which extend beyond the inner-sole l5, andin dotted lines in thisFigure 4, I show the mid-portion in the conditionin which it is shown in Figure 3, and before it is trimmed off in themanner I will now set forth.

The side terminal bent portions of the lining '11 above referred to, arepermanently secured to the mid-sole as by stitching 18 clearly shown inFigure 4. The side terminal portions of the lining and mid-sole assemblyare then trimmed off. The dotted lines in Figure 4 are intended torepresent those portions which are removed in this trimming operation.The extent of the trimming operation is more or less determined by theposition of the stitches 18.

In Figure 5, I show a step in connection with the assembling of theouter-sole 20 with the assembly of Figure 4. The outer-sole 20 isbrought into association with the partial assembly of Figure 4 somewhatin the manner shown in Figure 5. It will be observed that the outer-soleis of a greater extent laterally than the mid-sole, and is in contactingrelation with the mid-sole. There are thus provided side extensions 20'and 20 and the upper 10 has the lateral portions 10' and 10 bent intoparallelism and into contacting 5:;itrated its use, what I claim as newanddesire to is then positioned as shown in this figure, and, thesethree superimposed parts secured in fixed relation in any preferred ordesired manner, as-

for example, by passing stitches?!,therethrough,

In this manner, I attain the general objectivesi of my invention becauseall ofthe stepsherein disclosed are steps that do-not requirea highorder of skill, and can be performed rapidly, efli ciently, andeconomically and a product is attained byathe-practice of'my invention,whichit isbelieved, presents advantages over thosehither- .7

Having thus: described my invention and illussecureby Letters Patent,is:

1; The. process-of -'manufacturing a shoe which comprisesassembling. alining, and an upper, as-.

sembling; an inner-sole with a mid-sole having-its perimeter; extendinglaterally therebeyond, and seeuringwthe lining-to said extendingportionoi the mid;sole, securing; an outer-sole wider than the; mid-sole to,the assembly by securing; the

perimeter of theupper to that portion ofthe outer-sole :which extendsbeyond the; mid-sole.

2: The process of assembling; an upper; and--a lining; with aninner-sole, midsole;and -outersole, which are successively: ofincreasingsurfaee dimensions in vthe ordernamed; which process comprisesthe, following steps: ;bringing togethertheinner-sole and the-mid-soleto provide an extending perimeter to the mid-jsole,securin stheouterportions of the lining; in superimposed relation: to said-n etendin er met f 1- mi 3sole,1br n n ;therout re o e i t oci ted.relaonztou he. usr ar. orm em l o-rp v e;

hez te e it ap r me r ca x si n;, n securing; the free edge of;the upperto said exndin po t of th z ut r: o

Themtoce ss mb n 1am: pp n s lining-1mm; an inner-sole, midsoleand outersole, which;- are successively, of increasing surface dimensions in; theorder, named, which process comprises the following;steps: bringingtogether the inner ssoleand the mid-soleto provide an extendingperimeter to the "mid-sole, securing the:

t rorti s o th liningfin su e m osed relation to'said extendingperimeter-of the mid-:sole:

simultaneously trimming off the superfluous superimposed parts of thelining and the mid-sole to the desired extent, bringing the outer soleinto associated relation to the thus far formed assembly to provide theouter-sole with a perimetrical extension, and securing the free edge ofthe upper to said extending portion of the outer sole.

4,1 A;, shoe comprising an inner-sole and a midsole associated insuperimposed relation with the mid-sole extending laterally beyond theinnersole; an upper, and a lining having its free lower end bent intosuperimposed relation to the extending portion of the mid-sole and inedge-abutting'relation to said inner-sole, and the upper extending;beyond the lining and into edge-abutting relation to the mid-sole.

5; A'shoe comprising an inner-sole and a midsoleassociated insuperimposed relation with the mid-sole extending laterally beyond theinnersole, an upper, and atlining having its free-lower end bent into;superimposed relation to the ex tendi-ngportion ,of ;the mid-sole and inedge abut: ting relation to said inner-sole and secured there to, and-anouter-solewider than the-:mid-sole positionedso as to have it extendlaterallybeyond the mid-sole, the lower free end of theupperand a welt,strip being secured tothe extendingpors. tion of the-outer. sole.

6; A stitched-down shoe comprising aninnere. sole, a mid-sole and anoutsole superimposed in the order named, and progressively increasing insize so that their successive excess portions form a run surrounding thesuperjacent portion, said. inner-sole being united to, the mid-sole, alining. secured to, the. mid-sole, an upper extending.. be lyond-the-.-.mid-sole,and the. lining andin edge abutting relationthereto, said upper havinga portion overlying the exposed rim of theouter sole, a welt strip overlying/she upper whereit, contacts theoutsole, stitching. uniting the welt strip, upper; and outsole, andbinding material unitingthe upper and the outsole at the "point wherethey-overlie,

7. A shoe comprising an inner-sole anda midsoleassociatedin superimposedrelation with the mid-sole extending laterally beyond the innersole; anupper, and aiming havingits free lower end ebent into, superimposedrelation to the extending portion of the mid-sole and inedge abutting:relation to said'inner-sole, and an outersole wide r than themid-solepositioned so as to. have it extend laterally beyond themid-sole, the lowepfree end of theupperbeingsecured to the extending;portion of the, outer sole, in edge-, abutting relation to, saidmid-sole.

ALFRED DE STEFAN.

